Childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day

Power never takes a back step only in the face of morepower.

No onecan persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that canonly be opened from the inside. We cannot open the gate of another, either byargument or emotional appeal.

Humor is the affectionate communication of insight.

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.

The flowers of life are but illusions. How many fade away and leave no trace; how few yield any fruit and the fruit itself how rarely does it ripen!

Worry is a circle of inefficient thoughts whirling about a point of fear.

Make the best use of what is in your power, and take therest as it happens.

Speech is of time; silence is of eternity.

To copy is to put an end to creativeness. Unless there is originality, you can do nothing.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

He who hurriescannot walk with dignity.